[Nix-dev] Install Nix on OSX, install nixops -> runs python2.7-pytest tests

[Freddy Rietdijk]

The nixpkgs-unstable channel, which includes OSX packages, hasn't updated
in 25 days whereas the nixos-unstable channel was updated 4 days ago.
http://howoldis.herokuapp.com/

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Maarten Hoogendoorn <maarten at moretea.nl>
wrote:

> Ah, I see ;) Now it makes sense.
>
> 2016-06-07 14:42 GMT+02:00 zimbatm <zimbatm at zimbatm.com>:
>
>> It's possible, the nixpkgs-unstable and nixos-unstable both evolve
>> independently as they have different "success" conditions.
>>
>> On Tue, 7 Jun 2016, 13:38 Maarten Hoogendoorn, <maarten at moretea.nl>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, that could be very well the cause of this. Is the OS X build lagging
>>> behind the NixOS one? I thought if some package was present in the unstable
>>> channel, that hydra would have build it and uploaded it to the binary cache?
>>>
>>> 2016-06-07 14:30 GMT+02:00 zimbatm <zimbatm at zimbatm.com>:
>>>
>>>> In general I found that there are less packages available from the
>>>> cache on OSX. What probably happened is that the packages had to be built.
>>>> If doCheck = true then tests are run after the build and this is the
>>>> default for python packages.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 7 Jun 2016, 13:19 Maarten Hoogendoorn, <maarten at moretea.nl>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been a really happy Nix{,pkgs,os,ops} for some time. In fact,
>>>>> I'm writing two intro blog posts about nix during working hours for
>>>>> Container Solutions. Since most of the developers that will read the
>>>>> blogpost will be running OS X, I've borrowed a spare macbook, and installed
>>>>> nix and nixops.
>>>>>
>>>>> To my surprise, this caused python tests to run. Is this the expected
>>>>> behavior?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Maarten
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